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Mysterious completion of variables

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From: Ian Langworth <ian.langworth@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Mysterious completion of variables
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:36:33 -0500
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I have a few variables for hosts that I shell into frequently:

  aspen='me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
  alias aspen="ssh $aspen"

Thus, I'm usually able to do the following:

  scp $aspen:temp .

This usually works, but there are occasions where I get strange
completion after I hit <Enter>:

  cp: cannot stat `me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx': No such file or directory

Sounds like it's interpolating ':t', but I'm not sure why. Ideas?

--
Ian Langworth

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Mysterious completion of variables
  - From: Hannu Koivisto
- Re: Mysterious completion of variables
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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